Overview
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Cast
- Grace Dove as Aline Spears
- Phillip Forest Lewitski as Adam Whallach
- Rémy Girard as Father Jacobs
- Karine Vanasse as Sister Ruth
- Alyssa Wapanatâhk as Perseverance Spears
- Michelle Thrush as January Spears
- Glen Gould as Matthew Spears
- Gail Maurice as Older Taylor Whallach
- Carla-Rae as Older Aline Spears
- Cara Gee as Percy Whallach